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Defcon One
A Zeitgeist cultural signifier of anxiety is nuclear war themed existential risk.
Sep 4 • 
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August 2025

Standup Comedy As Liminality
Go onstage and tell jokes to receptive audiences when your life falls apart.
Aug 28 • 
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IRGC Proscribed
The IRGC will be a proscribed terrorist organisation in Australia.
Aug 27 • 
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Kiss Me Deadly
Don't play with existential risk or open that mysterious box.
Aug 25 • 
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In Recovery and Dystopian Science Fiction
When life gets too negative (dystopia) there is always hope - even if "nowhere" in Reality (utopia)
Aug 23 • 
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Battleship Potemkin
At least it's not Spacecruiser Yamato . . .
Aug 22 • 
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What I'm Reading
What I'm reading at the moment.
Aug 22 • 
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June 2025

IS-ISSS 2025 Proposal
My proposal under consideration for IS-ISSS 2025.
Jun 14 • 
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ISA 2026 Proposals
My two proposals under consideration for ISA 2026
Jun 1 • 
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May 2025

Wednesday Assorted Links
What I'm Reading
May 14 • 
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June 2023

Sunday Links
What I'm reading this long weekend.
Jun 11, 2023 • 
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On Ted Kaczynski
How the Unabomber indirectly changed my life and why I never interviewed him.
Jun 11, 2023 • 
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